Re: -dev library package naming
Hi,
> A package that installs /usr/lib/libspf-1.0.so.0.0.0 should be names
> libspf-1.0-0 from all I can tell. The policy does not dictate how
> the -dev (and -doc) package should be named. I would prefer not to
> call it libspf-dev but rather encode the version.
>
> The library packaging guide says I should include the SONAME in the
> name (libspf0-dev), but this seems wrong to me. Shouldn't the name
> rather include the 1.0 used by upstream?
The library package guide should tell you to use
libspf-1.0-0
If it doesn't, that's an error in the guide;
but I would also first check the SONAME of the library.
regards,
junichi
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